Just out of curiosity, what do you do for a living? Why do people always think that all truck drivers are union? I don’t know any union drivers. My husband is an o/o. He has a excellent track record as a professional driver, he also trains other drivers. So he is constantly improving himself in his profession. How more innovative can he be? Being he is his own boss. How do you compete with someone who will work for pennies on the dollar? Because in Mexico things are alot cheaper to buy. But we shop in the USA. I suppose you think Mattel did the right thing by outsourcing to China, right? Even though now that they found high concentrations of LEAD in childrens toys it will hurt them in the long run. But by God their toys are affordable. Do you see my point? When is it time to say “enough is enough”?
That said, protectionism is a bad thing economically speaking. The only ones that union sponsored bans like this will hurt is ourselves collectively. I understand also that US drivers will be driving in Mexico as well.
As for what things cost in Mexico, they are costing more and more what they cost here...the per capita income is rising to about $10,700 in 2006 second only to Chile’s at $12,000 something per capita. We cannot afford to stop the progress being made by free trade agreements which improve standards of living to the point where people in Mexico or wherever can afford to purchase products and services made here in the US.